A pest control firm exterminated
4,400 rats over two days at a
state-run hospital in India with
thousands still on the premises, its
chief executive said on Thursday.
According to Sanjay Karmakar,
Head of Laxmi Fumigation and
Pest Control Service Ltd., said that
Maharaja Yeshwantrao in Indore,
south of Delhi, was still home to
over 10,000 rodents.
However, the complex consists of
seven buildings across about 10
acres.
Karmakar said, “We have only
tackled a part of the grounds so
far they are riddled with rodent
burrows, at least 1,000 of them.
“Each would have four to eight
rodents, we have not started on
the buildings yet, the pest control
firm is baiting the rodents with
different food each day.
“One day, it is peanuts and
clarified butter, another day its
roasted chickpeas, potato cakes
and so on.
“If one of a family dies after eating
something, the other rats will not
touch the same food, so we have
to keep changing the menu.”
Operation Kayakalp
(transformation) began on Oct. 28
and is scheduled to run until Dec.
4.
Karmakar’s company ran a similar
operation at the hospital in 1994
soon after an outbreak of
pneumonic plague in the
neighbouring state of Gujarat.
“We cremated 12,000 rodents at
the local electric crematorium in
the presence of government
officials after Kayakalp I in 1994,’’
Karmakar said.
However, there was no follow up
by the hospital authorities and the
rodents multiplied again.
Report says the 950-bed hospital
is one of the biggest government-
run healthcare facilities in Madhya
Pradesh state.
It includes a medical college and
is visited by over 1,100 outpatients
daily.
Officials said that poor refuse
disposal was the main reason for
the rat infestation.
4,400 rats over two days at a
state-run hospital in India with
thousands still on the premises, its
chief executive said on Thursday.
According to Sanjay Karmakar,
Head of Laxmi Fumigation and
Pest Control Service Ltd., said that
Maharaja Yeshwantrao in Indore,
south of Delhi, was still home to
over 10,000 rodents.
However, the complex consists of
seven buildings across about 10
acres.
Karmakar said, “We have only
tackled a part of the grounds so
far they are riddled with rodent
burrows, at least 1,000 of them.
“Each would have four to eight
rodents, we have not started on
the buildings yet, the pest control
firm is baiting the rodents with
different food each day.
“One day, it is peanuts and
clarified butter, another day its
roasted chickpeas, potato cakes
and so on.
“If one of a family dies after eating
something, the other rats will not
touch the same food, so we have
to keep changing the menu.”
Operation Kayakalp
(transformation) began on Oct. 28
and is scheduled to run until Dec.
4.
Karmakar’s company ran a similar
operation at the hospital in 1994
soon after an outbreak of
pneumonic plague in the
neighbouring state of Gujarat.
“We cremated 12,000 rodents at
the local electric crematorium in
the presence of government
officials after Kayakalp I in 1994,’’
Karmakar said.
However, there was no follow up
by the hospital authorities and the
rodents multiplied again.
Report says the 950-bed hospital
is one of the biggest government-
run healthcare facilities in Madhya
Pradesh state.
It includes a medical college and
is visited by over 1,100 outpatients
daily.
Officials said that poor refuse
disposal was the main reason for
the rat infestation.
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